Declaration of Guayaquil
IN SUPPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UNASUR
The Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of UNASUR extraordinary meeting in the city of Guayaquil, on August 19, 2012, considering:
That the Minister of Foreign Trade and Integration of Ecuador, informed the Council that the citizen Julian Assange, […] Continue Reading…
“Inside this embassy in the dark, I could hear teams of police swarming up into the building through its internal fire escape……. If the U.K. did not throw away the Vienna Conventions the other night, it is because the world was watching.”-Julian Assange, 19 August 2012 statement from Ecuadorian embassy in London
“We are continuing […] Continue Reading…
IX Declaration of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) Political Council
1. We reject intimidation threats uttered by government spokesmen in the U.K. of Great Britain for violating the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, and the principles of international law.
2. Categorically reaffirm our support for the sovereign right […] Continue Reading…
17 August 2012, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) ordered an investigation into TIBOR, or Tokyo Inter-Bank Offered Rate.
It’s a system similar to Britain’s LIBOR, and tries to regulate interest and currency rates.
18 financial institutions in Japan have been ordered to reveal their TIBOR operations. Specifically the FSA is looking for evidence that bank […] Continue Reading…
“The higher the heat and the higher the humidity then the longer this will go.”-Phil Smith, Bucks County
More cases of West Nile virus being reported in the United States.
17 August, Bucks County, Pennsylvania reports first case for 2012.
17 August, New Haven, Connecticut reports first case for 2012.
17 August, Alabama officials reveal that at least […] Continue Reading…
17 August 2012, Ecuadorian presidential staff adviser, Alexis Mera, announced: “We are open to discuss with Britain the solution to this problem, and if there is no diplomatic solution, we may resort to the International Court of Justice.”
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino, also said that the Swedish sex crimes trial is just a ruse, that […] Continue Reading…
17 August 2012, people forced to flee their homes, because of the General Electric designed nuclear disaster reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, have been living in temporary prefab homes. Now the Japanese government wants to know if they will accept living in ‘temporary’ towns as well.
A year ago the ignorant Japanese government told nuclear evacuees […] Continue Reading…
16 August 2012, the United States Army says the suicide rate for active duty, reserve and National Guard troops has now surpassed the 2011 high. July 2012 suffered 38 suicides, double from the month of June 2012! That’s more than one soldier per day!!!
The monthly average is now at 29 suicides. 2011 ended with […] Continue Reading…
16 August 2012, after an emergency meeting was held, officials decided it was likely that the Doel nuclear plant in Belgium will be shut down permanently.
But this means dozens of other nuclear reactors throughout western Europe could be shut down as well. The whole thing started in 2004 when France inspected two reactors and […] Continue Reading…
“We’re ready to go. We’ve gotten the clearance from the governor. We’ve got the state disaster emergency declaration done. Now, it’s just a matter of getting a mission assignment from the Bureau of Homeland Security.”-Colonel Tim Marsano, Idaho National Guard
Can you believe that? Even Homeland Security is calling the shots for firefighters!
16 August 2012, […] Continue Reading…